Why They DON'T Mention Jeru The Damaja? Stunted Growth Music
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- When talking hip hop many times the conversation eventually gets to what was the best era to enjoy rap music. Some say the early 2000s, some say the early or late 90s, and some even say Hip Hop has never been better than it is now. For the most part, if you’ve somehow been able to enjoy all eras, from being there or doing your homework, the majority rules that in its purest form, the 90s was the golden era, where competition was at its peak. Artist all tried to bring their own flavor to the pot, unlike today where it all pretty much sounds the same. One album that released that year was the debut of one of hip hop’s greatest story tellers Jeru The Damaja and his album “The sun rises in the east”. Also regarded as a top hip hop album of all time. For Jeru to release in a juggernaut of an era, and the power punch 94 was for that decade, and his album still be placed among the best, is high marks for the Brooklyn bred MC. But, other than research to find out how good Jeru was, he and his album is almost never mentioned on mainstream platforms for its content. For starters the entire album was produced by the legend DJ Premier in his prime, at the same time sharing beats with Nas on the classic Illmatic. Jeru has been around, and Jeru was one of the best to do it, when hip hop was at its most competitive. Yet when you hear tales of the best not just story tellers, but rappers of his generation, Jeru the damaja is seldom mentioned. Why is that? Why They Don’t Mention Jeru The Damaja? Stunted Growth Music
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One of Hip Hop's best story tellers that they never mention. Jeru has been around and been one of the best in the competitive 90s, but things changed and maybe the change didn't fit his style.
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As soon as I got the notification, I clicked on this so fast. Jeru was definitely one of the most slept on MCs of the 90s.
He’s dope and I still got his first and second album but to be honest,he was going against some of the greats back then such as Nas,Wu-Tang Clan,OutKast,Tupac,Biggie,Big L,Brand Nubian,De La Soul,the Pharcyde,Craig Mack,Nine,A tribe called Quest,The Roots,Black Moon,Smif N Wesson,The Boot Camp Clik,Das Efx,Cypress Hill,The Fugees,Redman,Def Squad,The Lost Boyz,Busta Rhymes,Naughty by Nature.Etc.
One of the greatest in the 90’s
Indeed.@@DiceB
Big ole facts 💯! Dude was a monster too
I remember buying jeru debut album always digg his style thou guru was more dope to me
Last I knew, Jeru was living in Europe where they LOVE hip hop, specifically 90s Boom bap. He is still performing and promoting other 90s hip hop artists who tour over there often and do really well
correct, he's been chillin in Germany for a few years now :D
Jeru is a MAN with integrity who never sold his soul for money & fame. He was for his people and had dope lyrics and flows with substance. It’s a shame he doesn’t get mentioned in the same breath as other 90’s greats, but his lyrical content puts him in a class of his own to those who can comprehend it.
94 was really Dj. Premier's year from Hard to Earn to Illmatic to Ready to Die to Sun Rises in the East. Legend
Honestly my favorite consistent producer, hands down! Gang Starr and Group Home were my favorite groups by the end of the '90s since by then Tribe, Black Sheep and The Fugees had broken up and De La had disappeared for a while.
Foreal..and those 3 albums dropped in almost the same month. Special times.
His verse in “The Return of The Crooklyn Dodgers” was special. He was lyrically lethal & criminally under appreciated. Thanks 4 this 🤝🏽
Subliminal Hypnotism and Colonialism leaves most ni66as dead or in prison!
One of my fav.
Listen for yah mind I got the right nutriention.
We keeps it hard like fat asses and cases of heniken.
Here is Brooklyn...etc then near the end of verse.
I melt emcees with mental telephapy .. that line.
Chips that power nuclear bombs now power my Sega. All 3 verses are high powered but Jeru definitely has the illest verse on that song.
@@ri067953 yeah man the Sega line another heater
He annihilated that verse 🗣️🔥💪🏾💯
Jeru the Damaja's song "Playing Ya'self" is one of the greatest songs ever penned. I loved that song as a kid not even knowing the powerful message for young men and women. Much love to Jeru. Shalom
I got his name for my middle name damaja im amazed fr
The video was dope too! S/O to Nick Quested!
Bad Boy ushered in the death of Hip Hop as far as I'm concerned. IMO, Hip Hop has been dead since the Black Eyed Peas got rid of the Black girl for Fergie. That was the "nail" on the coffin for me!!
He was way ahead of his time.
🗣📢Come Clean🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Too
It's "Cant Stop The Prophet" and "Come Clean" for me, that solidified Jeru's skill. Him and Preemo? Instant classic.
Two incredible albums if I may say. It has all the ingredients that I appreciate in it’s entirety.
his first two albums were certified classics in my opinion
I took my (then) 10 yr old son to an old school Hip Hop concert in Prospect Park one summer...Jeru performed that year and as we were leaving,he ran up to Jeru, startling him, and told him how much he enjoyed it...I apologized and explained it was his first time hearing about him and loved his set...Jeru was SO kind to him and thanked me for bringing him...My son is 27 now and still a big fan...
The80’s to around 1997 was the best era of Hip Hop to me.
💯% AGREED 👍!!
Facts
87-97 Golden Years of HipHop 💯
The year that WuTang was moved from the driver seat was 97
Stretch it to 98 or 99
To me, hip hop’s golden era was from 1985-1995 or 96. If hip hop shut down in 96, I’d still have most of the beloved music ever
96 greatest year ever 💯
not even close. 88 will never be topped by any other year.
“When the Damaja attacks, MCs stop rhyming and the start smoking crack” 🤣☠️😂
Yo, I was standing in line at the grocery store not long ago while listening to this video -- and when he said that, I busted out laughing and people were looking at me. Lol That was hilarious.
Highly underrated. He's in my top 10. Jeru is still dropping dope singles.
I was just about to write that he’s in my top ten when I seen your comment.
Come Clean still the greatest beat in hip hop history.
91-95 was a great time to be a teenager.
Not just for the music but the Video games too.
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One of the rawest MC in the mid-90s. With Preemo beats, he never went wrong. Anti-flossing, no "Big Willie" style, unlike many other well known MCs in the 1990s. Pure hip hop. I would've loved to hear him and KRS-One on a track together back in the day!
Would of been great collaboration
They were both on the posse cut "1,2 Pass It" off of The D&D Project, Jeru was actually freestyling over a beat from that compilation ("Look Alive" by Big C)
He and the Gza are Chess opponents? Imagine those 2 on a track
@@dannydamnmendezabout to mention that track. And it was produced by... Primo!
Plus his age
Hell yeah, mad props for doing this one. Jeru's one of my favorite MCs from that period and the fact that he got not one but TWO albums completely produced by DJ Premier shows how much they held his skill in high esteem.
Facts i always put jeru and gangstar in tje same playlists
@@danteprice1874 Gang Starr ;)
That first album was one of the reasons why I started rapping. Just pure lyricism at its finest
ain't the devil happy one of the hardest truest tracks ever made
Absolute Facts!!!!🔥🔥🔥
Yes!!
Love love love this cat!!! The Sun rises in the East is without question a certified classic....
Big facts.
I do respect Jeru's courage to compete with BIG. It's funny that BIG was all hot about Jeru's diss record but I'd bet he wished Pac had the level of civility that the damaja had. Nothing personal with Jeru, just a skillful challenge. We need more of that today. These rappers are getting hella weak and if someone mentions that the emperor has no clothes, they reach for their sword instead of the pen. Thanks for the vid and keep the content going, its remarkable.
2Pac was all in his feelings when De La released Stakes Is High.
Absolute banger first album, second is amazing too. Seen Jeru live 3 or 4 times and always incredible. Jungle Music first verse is one of the best verses ever.
Come Clean is one of my favorite Hip Hop tracks of all time. That beat was sick!!!!
His first 2 albums are CLASSICS!! I also like the song he came out with a few years ago called "Solar flares". Song goes HARD! I never really knew the full story of the song "Kick in the 🚪" came about. Now I know. I wonder if they had a chance to squash the misunderstanding before B.I.G passed? This was a good episode 👍! Keep them coming!
First album was a classic. The second one, I felt like he was trying to follow the formula of the first album too closely.
@@saj8 I like that format for him and Redman.
Mad underrated! The greatest era for me has to be around '88 - '96 - the Golden Age. 1994 was an incredible year.
I was never a fan of conscious rap back in the day, but Jeru The Damaja and Dead Prez were my favorites.
All of these reasons are spot on! If you're too young to grasp what this video is explaining listen to the song "Mass Appeal" by Gang Starr", it captured the content war of that era.
& what they do by the ROOTS
My favoritisme mass appeal
I was just listening to "Come clean", that stays in rotation. "The sun rises in the East" is definitely a slept on classic. I put it up there with all the other great albums of that time.
i still love his first album
An absolute classic!!!
Absolutely
An impressive debut.
When I came back to Baltimore, I already had a flag planted in Brooklyn so I stayed buying alot of records and mixtapes bringing em back to my city. I literally remember the night I was in Brooklyn and stopped at BeatStreet Records. I bought a evil dee and Tony Touch mixtape and my homeboy gave me 2 white label records. Didn't know who it was. When I got to Baltimore, I hooked up my dj equipment. The first joint was Blackmoon How Many Mc's. I was already vibing off that so I decided to play the other one. It was Come Clean. When I tell you I damn near broke that record cause I played that shit over and over till I got sleepy. I had never heard anything like it. I listened to the lyrics and was blown. From then on, I was a Jeru fan for life
Now I’m about to go back and listen to both his first and second albums, both classics.
I remember when Jerus first album came out. I was in high school on the West Coast I had my little Honda civic with some sounds in the trunk. People at school would clown me for bumping it instead of Dre or Snoop.
Oh wow. They had no idea.
Come clean is one of the dopest hip hop joints ever produced. Hip hop has always been flashy. Jeru just wanted balance.
One of the Best Storytellers in Hip Hop right up their With the Legends Ice Cube , Ice T , Eazy E , KRS One , Kool G Rap , Nas , Snoop , Biggie , .R.I.P Gangstarr ,R.I.P . 2Pac of the 90s era . Jeru has a art of storytelling that really draws you in like your really in a movie or live in real time as story unfolds as he's talking .His Album , The Sun rises in the East and the Wrath of Math are his Master Class Albums . His Best songs , Aint the Devil Happy , The Prophet Saga 1.2.3 , Scientifical Madness , Da Bitches , One Day , Invasion and the Runaway Slave these are classic songs in one of the best competitive era's of Hip in Hop that doesnt exist anymore the 90s was truly the Battle Arena Era you had to be the Best or get devoured by the Streets Lyrically or even Literally . Jeru was like a samurai in streets of Hip Hop Like most Top artists at the time and this man deserves , Respect and he deserves his Flowers now Salute to Jeru The Damaja one of the Best to ever do it .
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StuntedGrowthMusic, this is possibly the most important piece of content you ever did. This had to be told for many outside our era can understand how hip hop changed. This wasn't only a Stunted Growth for Jeru but he was also a causality to the change in shift that hip hop went through. His career died with that shift. Jeru was never gonna strive in the late 90s and early 2000s. This is why I say that Nas is the only man to ever blend conscious hip hop with street sensibility and commercial ability. Nas could have easily been Jeru if he didn't go that route he did with It Was Written
I was just mixing records from the 90,s and I was stuck on Jeru’s ‘Me Or The Paper’ . The work he did with DJ Premier is legendary . He’s still touring overseas and doesn’t have to make any new music .
This shit made me sad... I remember that shift in Hip Hop, it was the start of the ending for me. There was still some great music after that, but '94? That was my favorite shit!
Depending on how old you are his presence in HipHop and his arrival was so crucial at the time
Thanks much for this video.
Dope, once again! Love your hoop videos too.
I appreciate you did this 🙌🏾👍🏾
He was criminally underrated. He was 🔥🔥🔥. Some people said his flow was too old sounding. His records were dope to me! Still listen to his music to this day
This is one of your most thorough analysis yet. Thank you .
Your prologues are just as in depth as the whole video!! That’s stunt #1 I love your content fam
I love these real hip hop videos man. Keep it coming
Thanks so much for doing this video on jeru. One of my favorite MCs and very underrated MC. If you listen to the lyrics on" Ya playing yourself", he was ahead of his time. The classic line he said was "never new hustlers confessed in stereo"
Jeru is hip hop in its purest form. It’s a shame he never got the respect he deserves.
This is great! Talking about Jeru, I have his first 4 albums, all 🔥. I’m from the 90s, so this video hits perfect!
I remember getting his album and rocked it days on in with other LPs of those days. Most definitely a part of my music rotation.
Subscribed !Keep up the exceptional work
You did your thing on this one my boy! Good job
He deserves so much more respect, but this new school generation won't appreciate him and or the others that paved the way for them. This new generation is full of microwave people and microwave talent.
Jeru will always been respected by us individuals who truly love and appreciate *real Hip Hop*
Much respect to Jeru a very dope emcee,but is their really something called real hip hop.Whats real hip hop?
Hard for people to appreciate rappers they don't know about.
One of the illest 🔥🔥🔥Definitely my favorite
Remember meeting Ru outside of Franklin K Lane High School in ENY BK shortly after Wrath of the Math came out. The God was crazy cool. Them 1st 2 Jeru records are incredible!
Juvenile would be an interesting Stunted Growth. He put Cash Money on the map in ‘98
No doubt!!! He better than wayne back then & now!!!! His growth stunted cuz he ain't wanna kiss birdman in the lips.
@@markmercado89 he's not better than wayne n never was . And om from new orleans
Jeru moved to Germany and he is doing his own thing there. Great lyricist.
one of my all time favorites
Keep up tha good work.
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A legend & a lyricist …no doubt🔥🔥
Those first 2 Jeru albums were incredible.
Been there since the beginning. 94 was a special year. Tired of the debate over which era was better. Those that know, know…
Facts. Ready to die over Illmatic though
@@stuntedgrowthmusic That's tough but I'm leaning Illmatic.
Why is Vicious comments turned off? I'm going to leave them here.
Vicious came to Lynchburg VA and performed. I enjoyed it very much!!!
Big Pun, Canibus, DMX, was the best era ever, and Canibus is still dropping crazy lyrical albums
one of my all time favorite Emcee. Real Talk more relevant today in terms of Subject Matter
I really wish you would have said something about the Prophet Series... Those 4 songs are like a Hip-hop graphic novel!!! Some of the best storytelling in Hip-hop History.... Respect for highlighting the Damaja!!!!!
One of the most accurate Stunteds yet. Jeru was cold as hell. Similar to black moon
Back when "Come Clean" ummmm, came out (when I was in 11th grade), I didn't even know Premo produced it. I wasn't purchasing albums back then, just watching "Rap City" & "Yo! MTV Raps" as my primary barometer for what was hot. The song & video were so dope that it didn't matter to me at the time who produced it. Years later when I did buy the album and was deep into my knowledge and fandom of Premo, I appreciated the singles even more and realized some of the album tracks were even better. "Wrath Of The Math" was a cool album too. Jeru is stamped in Hip Hop history, plus he's the only other person back then who had beef with Biggie, Puff & the Fugees like Pac did. So there's that...
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Met Jeru way back in Toronto Canada at da mall, one of the best lyrical assassins!
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Even though he wasn't a huge artist he was nice on the mic and he deserves credit in hip hop for being a lyricist in a era where everyone brought something different to the table in music. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.
Jeru was my introduction to buying music, and rapping myself. My first cassatte tape was "Come Clean". I rapped over the instrumental on the other side of the single. WOW
Most underrated MC in history word. Intelligent and witty... too smart for most headz out there.
Jeru is one of my favorite MCs ever! He deserves more credit for his contributions to hip hop.
Legend
Sun Rises In Da East & Wrath Of Da Math.....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 been listenin since '94
Once i listened to Jeru 1st two albums and Group home - Livin Proof...i was a Premo fan forever
Good shit bro, I still to this day bangout with that sun rises in the east album!!!
How bout you do one on BAHAMADIA!!! The most slept on not only female but also MC period. Back then she was standing toe to toe with a lot of the brothas!!!
Me or the papers was one of my favorites from Jeru, great messages and insight in this real reality mc
Thats my fav too
"The Sun Rises In The East" is the best primo produced album. It's great as illmatic!
Hey Whats good. love your channel . Can You do a documentary on the Boogie Monsters
? Another mid 90's group with the song called " Recognize threshold of negative stress".
I’m just thinking. Wouldn’t Jeru would’ve been perfect fit for the Fugees?
Then They would go from The Fugees to the The Egos😂
LOL. They actually went at each other. "No matter who you damage/You still a false prophet." (c) Pras.
They had a lyrical beef...he touched them up on Black Cowboys....." I heard some emcee's wanna bring it but a female is one of their strongest men..."
@@shauncameron8390damn that’s cold 😳
I still have Jeru the Damaga albums The Sun rises in the East & Wrath of the Math. But both were overshadowed by These classic albums from NY.....Nas - Illmatic, Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep, Shyheim - The Rugged Child, O.C.- Word Life, Notorious BIG - Ready to Die, Method Man - Tical, Redman - Dare iz a Darkside, Smif n Wesson - Da Shinin, Mobb Deep - The Infamous, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version, Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Big L - Lifestyles ov da Poor & Dangerous, Fat Joe - Jealous Ones Envy, Naughty by Nature - Poverty's Paradise, Onyx - All We Got iz Us, LL Cool J - Mr Smith, KRS One self titled album, GZA - Liquid Swords, Kool G Rap - 456, Fugees - The Score, Busta Rhymes - The Coming, Shyheim - The Lost Generation, Lost Boyz - Legal Drug Money, Nas - It Was Written, Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt, A Tribe Called Quest - Beats Rhymes and Life, Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal, Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth, Ghostface Killah - Ironman, Redman - Muddy Waters, De La Soul - Stakes is High.
I still have his first 2 cd's including the 1 with the trade centers on the covers!!!!!!!
One of if not my favorite 90s rapper. His music with Preemo was a masterpiece. I wish they continued to work together
One of my favorite Emcees
Jeru in the 1990's: "Chips from nuclear bombs Power my sega!"
BARS
bars.
Bad Boy ushered in the death of Hip Hop as far as I'm concerned. IMO, Hip Hop has been dead since the Black Eyed Peas got rid of the Black girl for Fergie. That was the "nail" on the coffin for me!! True Hip Hop has been dead since 2005.
@@juniorjames7076 hip hop aint die.. its 2 generations in.. it just evolved. Game different now. No more CD's or mp3s. Streams and tiktok determine your success rn..
LEGEND
Rap became a mainstream quickly evolving genre of music in 1991 after the Rodney King video emerged,I think, as Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing with his production of Michael Jackson’s Dangerous Album and collaboration with Dr Dre and rappers developing as a new style of music within rap & other genres as a new music and the massive cultural & musical creativity that ensued worldwide thereafter is incredible to me & now in 2023 i love looking back at the early greats like Jeru thru these lenses and seeing what became of their early contributions to the craft…
I waa lucky enough to come of age in the 90's. I was 14 in 95'. I gotta consider that the golden age. So many classics, and all had a different sound.
That was SuperDope! Can you do a video for Ras Kass?
He one of the real ones
ANOTHER LEGEND MC IN OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP THAT'S IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN LIKE MANY OTHER'S BEFORE HIM AS WELL ARE FORGOTTEN BUT WE ALL KNOW THE ONE'S ✌️💯🇺🇲
Would be super dope if you did a video on Cage from the Weathermen and Smut Peddlers or a Def Jux vid please.
Or maybe Jedi mind Tricks orrrrr maybe Dead Prez??
Love your channel.
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I’d like to hear stuff about, KRS, Rakim, Kool Gee Rap and Steady B as in why is he still locked up. Nice vid from what I’ve heard so far. Cj
I was just listening to His 1st album this morning.
"Me Or The Papes" is one of my favorites, as well as "Ya Playin Yaself" & of course "Come Clean".
Rappers had something to say back then, now not so much, there is a sprinkle here and there now-a-days